dahar

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic ظَهْر (ẓahr, “back”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daːr/
• Homophone: dar

Noun

dahar m (plural dhur or dhura or idhra, diminutive dhajjar)

1. (anatomy) back
   • 2022, Nadia Mifsud, meta tinfetaq il-folla, Ede Books, →ISBN:

     f’żarbun ġa ssikkat. irkiekel dahri
     tat-terrakotta － ’kk tmisshom,
     isiru frak. dil-belt tentakli waħedha －
     għoddha qalftitni fatat.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Eżodu 23:27:

     […] u nġiegħel l-għedewwa tiegħek idawru daharhom lejk.

     King James Version translation: […] and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.

Inflection

Inflection of dahar

		singular		plural
		m	f
singular	1st person	dahri		daharna
	2nd person	dahrek		daharkom
	3rd person	dahru	daharha	daharhom
plural	1st person	{{{3}}}i		{{{3}}}na
	2nd person	{{{3}}}ek		{{{3}}}kom
	3rd person	{{{3}}}u	{{{3}}}ha	{{{3}}}hom

Sundanese

Sundanese register set
lemes (ᮜᮨᮙᮨᮞ᮪)	tuang
loma (ᮜᮧᮙ)	neda
kasar (ᮊᮞᮁ)	dahar

Etymology

Cognate with Old Javanese ḍahar (“food, meal”), Javanese dhahar

Verb

dahar

1. to eat

   Synonyms: emam, hakan, jablog, nyatu

Derived terms

• kadaharan (“food”)